Game attachment for pocket-billiard tables



G. AND A. nEvBELAcK. GAME ATTACHMENT FOR POCKT BILLIARD TABLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29 1919. l

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

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Beit known that we, GEORGE DEBEILAOK and ALEXANDER Dii-BELAGK7 citizensoi' the United States, residingat Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of lllisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Attachments for Pocket-BilliardTables; and we do declare the following to be a full; clear, and exact description of the invention,` such as'willy enable others skilled'in the art towliich itjappe'rtains to makeand use the saine. 1 p A Y Y l This invention relates generallytog nies, but more particularly to game'boa-rdsj The principal"objecty of theinveiitionfisto provide a board' attachment for'` pocket b-il-'fr liard tables designedfor use in connection with pool or pocket billiard'bal-ls numbered" fromltol. i

rAnother object oi the invention is toprovide -a Yboardattachment of -this character l having billiard ballrlre'ceiving'openings arlj` ranged in afnovel and unique manner,V and' being numbered or VColored to correspond with'the'various numbers and, colors of the billiard balls.` i di l `A"urther Objectis to provide an attach ment lof this character in whichthe board is inclined ydownwardly 'from'the rear to the front'l thereof to increase the difficulty in lodging'the' balls in the holes formedin said board. 7 'p ,With these and other objects'in view the invention consists of 'the' novel features of construction Vand the combinationV and arrangement of parts as will fbe hereinafter fully describedy and claimed.' y l.

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part of thisspecincation in 'whichfsimilar reference'rv charactersl `designate like parts throughout the views,

structed in accordance with' this invention.

Fig. y2 is a transverse sectional view of the board taken on th plane indicated by the line 2"-2 of Fig. Il.' Y f U In the embodiment illustrated the numeralsingle slab of a length corresponding to the width of a billiard table and ofany'desired width. The board is designed to be placed across one end of the vbilliard table with the ends ofthe board arranged adjacent the side cushions of the table and with its rear edge disposed adjacent one end cushion thereof. The front edge of the board is beveled as at PATENT GEORGE DEBELACK AND ALEXANDER'DELACK, or. SHEBOYGAN, WIsooNsiivQff A rali'ty 'GAME Ar'rnoiinnivr ron POCKET-situeren TABLEsf Sile'cieationof Ltterrs Patent` Y* Patented Mar.14t,192f Application meal-september zegislsfsfiai Ngfsvzzzoa-f 5"" 2 fromits/upper iac'eaiidprovided with a strip of felt. While the board-linaybe con-v structed oanysuitable material, it is preti; erably made of five-plyveneer, "A strip. 2

about one-'fourth-jof an inch thick.

Painted or otherwise vdepicted Vupouthe a word, preferably fRoulo'` thename-offthe game, and aroundt-his is. arranged Y5a"pairfof con'cei'itric` circles and 4, the outercircle 4j being ofafdiameter slightly less thanft-heV v width'of thef board land thein'ner'circlej' being slightly smaller thanthe outer circle 4.;

l he numeral 'f5 "designates, agfnumberfof 'triangles whichare representedfonthe'bcard with their basesdisposed against theimrer bases pointing inwardly. y i o I Arranged 'between the 'triangles is aplu- "vf'openi'ngs' of a sizecapable of ref-V ceiving billiard balls therein.: These open# 'boardV at v approximately the center thereof` yis 'i 35 circle 3 and with" their'vertices Aopposite their ing`s6are,disposed in a circle.' Arranged in another circle concentric with respect Vto the' circle fof openings A 6 is al set o'f'ifopenings y7, the latter being disposed betweentl'ie open! Vings 'and adjacent the above mentioned verticesof 'the tria-ngles. Agcei'itral 'open-7 ing 8 is arranged'at approximately the center of the `board l andalso centrally of the openings Gand 7 of the circles y3 and 4.. This central opening 8 is also 'disposed' in the letter U ofthe word Roule.

The board 1 is also provided with set'sfof y billiard ball receiving openings at its por-y tions between its'ends and the circlesf'of cpenings and 7. These `additional openings 9 4alief arranged in seven rows "extend ing longitudiiiallyioiE ytheb oard. The first and last row of each set contains three open:-

ings, the middle row ofeach setone opening' andthe remain@ foweef'h conainf Y The Openings-Of the first;

two openings. Y last and middle rows -ofea'ch vset arefalined transverselyrof theboard,randthe openings" of the other row of'each set'are alined transver'sely' of the board.`

There are preferably 'fifteen of the i typen;

-ings 7 land an equal. number p of openingslin each oij thewtwo setsQ The openings/7 rare;Y numbered in .succession from" 1 to* '15,"fand' the openings 9 of one set are numbered front l to l5 starting. from oneY edge of the board while the openings 9 of the other set are numbered from l to starting from the' `opening numbered 7 is reddish brown, that opposite opening numbered 8 is black, that 'opposite openingnumbered 9 is yellow, that opposite opening numbered 10 is lightV blue, that opposite opening numbered 11 is red,

that opposite opening numbered. 12 is dark blue, that opposite opening numbered 13- is orange, that opposite opening numberedll is'green, and that opposite opening num-V bered 15 is reddish brown. The portions of the board betweenthecircles 3 and 4 and between the bases of the triangles 5 are painted any suitable color, preferably dark brown.y j Y' .A

In using the board itis placed at the head of a pocket billiard table with itsends adjacent the side cushions of the table and with its rear edge, that is, the edge remote from l the beveled edge 2, adj acent Vone ofthe end represent.

Sections of the table. At the beginning of the game the set of fifteen billiardballs are racked in the usual manner at the foot ofthe table. Any suitable set of rules may govern the game, but a fewV are herein sug* gested. ,Thecue ballisftobe played from the head of the tablewithinabout an inch of the inclined lor beveled edge 2- ofthe board 1, andthereafter from the position in which it lies, except in the case of a scratch shot as defined in the game of pool or billiards. It on the break shot the player fails to edect the lodglnent of a ball in a hole, he -orfeits his chance, but if he succeeds he continues to play until he misses or makes a. scratch shot. The numbers ad-, jacent the openings 7 represent the num. bers of the ball which they vand the triangles Both ball openings on either side at the base of any triangle represent the color. One objecty of the game is to effect the lodginent of one or more balls intoy an opening numbered or colored to correspond'to the numberor color of the ball played, and another object of the game is to effect the lodgment of any ball in the central opening 8. The players score ac-v cording to their successin shooting the balls in various openings, and thewinner may be one Whose score totals va predetermined amount. It is to be understood that the rules of the game may be varied as desired. The above mentioned rules are not necessarily complete or to be followed unless desired, but are merely given by way ofexample. Y

Various changesV in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be for arrangement across, one end of af billiard table and provided at, approximately its center with a billiardjball receiving opening, said board-being .also providedv with concentric circles of .billiard ball receiving openings around theY center opening.. and

sets of `billiard ballreceiving openings at both ends on both *sides of the circles .Of Openings, triangles *depicted uren .said board between the openings of the outer circle ,and with one of their verticespointl ing inwardly and adjacent the openings'ofv the inner circle, said y.triangles being colored to correspondto the variousvcolors of the Ybilliard b,alls,and numbers depicted 011 Said board adjaeentthe Openings ofthe inner circle and those ofeach set toi corre spond to the; numbers of the-billiard balls. 2.y A gameidevi'ce consisting ofy aboard for arrangement across one end cfa bil-V liard table and provided atY appxroxiilnatelyV Y its center with a billiard ball .receiving opening, said board being also provided with vconcentric circles of billiard ball receiving openings 'around the center opening and sets of billiard ballvreceiving lopenings Y at both ends .onboth sides of the circlesof openings, triangles depicted vupon' 'said board between the openings of the outer circle and with one of their vertices pointing inwardly and adjacent the openings of the inner circle, said triangles being vcplored to correspond to the Various colors of thebilliard balls, numbers depictedcn said board adjacent the openings of the inner circle and thoseofieach setto correspondto Y the numbers of the billiard balls, and a word depicted upon saidgboard at the center thereof and adjacent thecentral opening of the. board.

Inv testimony set our hands.A

GEORGE nEBinjLcK. Y

A'1333'XAND'ER DEBT-LACK? i whereof we have hereunto' Y 

